U.S. military struggles to teach troops to respect Koran

latimes.com ^ | March 8, 2012 | Ian Duncan

[Free ThinkerNY]

Reporting from Washington— Troops serving in Afghanistan were advised never to touch the Koran, never to place anything on top of one, and to keep it off the floor and out of bathrooms. They were even told never to "talk badly" about it.

But the do's and don'ts said nothing about burning the Muslim holy book, which is what happened last month as a cache of Korans was incinerated at Bagram air base, setting off riots across the country that killed more than 30 people and provoked attacks on U.S. forces.

An investigation by NATO officials into the burnings found five U.S. troops responsible, but it concluded that the actions were not deliberate and were the result of a miscommunication. The troops could face disciplinary action, but commanders in Afghanistan have not yet announced the form it will take.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops last week started mandatory refresher training on how to handle the Koran. Troops are now told flatly not to dispose of Korans and will be urged to err on the side of caution when dealing with Arabic texts, assuming "material is sacred if there is any doubt over its religious significance."

[Joe Boucher]

Koran, not even worth using as toilet paper/

[boomop1]

Another PC class to attend.

[tomkat]

[marron]

If you are going to burn a pile of Korans, do it while the muslims are on a smoke break. Or bag them up and stuff them in a closed furnace.

[ColdOne]

teach respect...hmmm. You earn respect!

[Cicero]

It’s past time to get out of there. The more we bow to their Muslim rules, the more they will despise us. And kill more of our troops, who are scarcely allowed to defend themselves.

Not much point, with a Muslim President and a Communist Defense Secretary, and a ton of politically correct time servers in the chain of command.

Who has their backs? Nobody.

[Diogenesis]

Will the myopic Pentagon teach their own IslamicNazi Plants
to respect Americans. Probably, not so much.

[MagUSNRET]

Now if only we could get the arsemonkeys in Washington DC to respect the BIBLE!
damned idiots, ALL of em!

[DoughtyOne]

I’d love to hear the military program for teaching troops to respect the Bible.

Do they have any programs that teach the followers of Islam to respect the Bible?

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I’ve never seen a military leadership so bent on suicide.

[Cubs Fan]

the root of the nproblem is giving these turds korans in the first place. where is it written that imprisoned terroriosts have a right to have books they consider holy?

Utter PC nonsense

[elpadre]

Do you know what would have happened if the WH has tried to teach the WWII troops to respect Mein Kampf??

[Jack Hydrazine]

It’s not just the military leadership but the leadership in academia, religion, government, military, business, and elsewhere.

[Impala64ssa]

Let’s make a deal. When they respect our Bible, Torah and our Flag, then and only then we will respect their precious koran.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

It has to be tough for our service people, barbarians that they are, to be in such a holy place and among such a pure-hearted and righteous people.

[Sergio]

So WE must respect the Koran...funny how there is never any uproar when one Muslim sect blows up the mosque of another Muslim sect...Koran's included.

[driftdiver]

How would you choose if you were faced with the decision those poor people had?

[ConorMacNessa]

I "respect" the Holy Bible - or more accurately, I love it dearly. I have read substantial portions of the Koran and I can say with absolute certainty that it is worthy of no man's respect. The peregrinations through which our government is going to avoid offending those who seek to dismember our society, our Nation, and our civilization are pathetic, misguided and suicidal. They amount to the the most egregious example of malfeasance in our Nation's history.

The Koran is a recipe book for the commission of acts of violence, mayhem and tyranny. That our elected representatives and unelected bureaucrats are pandering to this pack of Seventh Century villains is absolutely disgusting. It is at our most imminent and severe peril that this course of action continues.

Islam Delenda Est!



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs]

Respect the book responsible for killing your fellow soldiers? Isn’t this treason?